On 09/12/2015 23:24, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Am 2015-12-09 um 21:42 schrieb Alan McKinnon: > >> Did you get an SSD as well? > > sure. I even look for the PCIe variant (just contacted my dealer for > this option ... forgot in the first place). > > I am on SSDs for years now on desktop and laptops. > >> It's one of the biggest performance improvements you can make[1] and to >> be honest is worth more overall than expensive CPUs. >> >> [1] The other huge improvement is another 8G of RAM and make >> /var/tmp/portage a tmpfs with default settings (it will use up to 8G RAM >> on demand). Everything you build will fit, including firefox and libreoffice > > I have that right now, yes. > > The RAM was out of stock there so I ordered the 8g-default and will add > more later.
Sounds like you're all set to use that i7 to it's fullest :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
